Rancho Sonado Vocabulary

Nonliving

• abiotic

• adaptation

• biotic

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Living

• abiotic

• adaptation

• biotic

• Producer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A behavior or characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in the environment

• Transpiration

• Adaptation

• Biotic

• Chaparral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Gas that surrounds the Earth

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

Part of the Earth where life exists (life)

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Solid part of the earth

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

All of the Earth’s water

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An animal that eats only animals

• Carnivore

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

• Insectivore

An animal that eats only plants

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Insectivore

A living thing that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• Nectarivore

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

• Insectivore